The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-09
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From all Parts of the 0allatin Valley. Figures
that tell a Wonderful Tale.

oeoIkc huiihC'j DoHChioh,
1862 bushels of oats from 55 acres and
472 bushels of wheat from 8 acres.
Hugh Leonard of Salesville, threshed
So acres of oats that yielded 26DO bushels
Louis P. Lay salesville, had 81 acres of
barley that yielded $500 bushels only
ten acres of this was irrigated.
John W. Williams, West Gallatin, had
80 acres of oats that yielded 1862 bushels
and 20 acres of wheat that yielded 922
bushels, all upon old ground.
Jere Mathews, proprietor of the Hot
Springs, threshed 1900 bushels of oats
from ~ acres and 700 bushels of wheat
from 10 acres. Mr.. Matthews also raised
140 tons of hay this year.
Matt Nieble, West Gallatin, had ten
acres of Scotch Fife wheat that yielded
SO bushels per acre. This is the best re-
port of Scotch Fife we have SO far
obtained.
G. E. Roland, West Gallatin, threshed
1900 bushels of grain from IS acres; 1900
OF which was wheat.
Damon Gabriel, West GalIatin recently
threshed his crop of oats a portion Of
which averaged 100 bushels per acre.
Dan Cameron, West Gallatin, had 10
acres of grain; his Scotch Fife wheat
averaged As bushels per acre and his
Club wheat averaged 61 bushels per acre.
Ed. M. Davidson, West Gallatin,
threshed 620 bushels of Scotch Fife from
16 acres, without Irrigation; 1900 bushels
of barley from 25 acres. Mr.. Davidson
has sold his Scotch Fife wheat for IS
cents per bushel.
C. R. Hubert, Middle Creek, had 35
acres of wheat that averaged 40 bushels
per acre and 35 acres of BATS that aver
aged 60 bushels per acre.
c. II. Waterman, Middle Creek, had
$500 bushels Of grain from 100 acres
j, W. Wilkinson, upon the estate of
James Stewart, Middle Greek, had So
acres of oats that averaged 10 bushels an
acre.
John Weaver, Middle Creek, threshed
1910 bushels of oats and $50 bushels of
wheat from So acres. A portion of Mr..
Weaver's oats, raised upon ground that
had been under cultivation for % years,
averaged 81 bushels per acre. Mr.. W. is
also a successful raiser of small fruits.
j. N. Brooks, Middle Creek, had &c
acres of oats that averaged ~ bushels
per acre and IS acres of Scotch Fife that
averaged 40 bushels per acre.
w. G. Newton, Middle Creek, crop of
Scotch Fife averaged 40 bushels per acre.
Alternately Bros, near Middle Creek,
threshed 5000 bushels of oats from fifty
acres, a portion of their oats that was
sowed upon fall blowing averaged So
bushels per acre, also 1850 bushels of
Scotch Fife from 30 acres, 20 acres of
their Scotch Fife averaged 424 bushels
per acre.
Harvey Kissel's, Middle Creek, crop
of oats averaged 6s bushels per acre;
barley 65 bushels per acre.
Thomas Ralph of West Gallatin comes
to the front this week with the biggest
yield of potatoes of any farmer our re-
porter has vet visited. From one and
%one-fourth acres Mr.. Ralph raised over
800 bushels of potatoes that weighed on
on an average of two to three pounds
apiece !! This seems almost i%ncreditable
even in this valley, but we are assured
by Mr.. Ralph's neighbors as well as him
self that the above figures are correct.
They we're sacked while being picked,
the full sacks almost covering the ground
Wick Morgan Of Gallop, is out a new
, hat and a box of cigars. He bet a neigh.
: Dor that he would not have 5000 bushels
} of oats-he had 1000 bushels. He then
bet that he would not have 1000 bushels
{ of wheat and oats-all told he had 7,5O(
/ bushels from $50 acres.
) W. H. Stevens, West Gallatin, raised
on the j. B. billy place, about 7O(
boshels of potatoes on less than two
: acres. These potatoes are on exhibition
: at the CHRONICLE office and are daisies
. four wheigh sixteen pounds, one weigh
, ing FIVE pounds. He also raised 2,33.
4 bushels of oats, wheat and barley from 4,
E acres, from the work of one man and tw,
; horses.
, William Ellis, one of the pioneers o
Gallatin Valley, raised this season tel
acres of wheat that produced 400 bushels
fifty.two acres of oats that averaged SO
bushels and eighteen acres that average
: los bushels per acre, all of which wa
very heavy and badly tangled. Forty
five acres was cut after the heavy NOV
storm and Nj. Ellis says that he neve
saw grain in a worst condition to harves
= and could not have saved it had it nc
been for his excellent binder.
o J. H. Kennedy of Belgrade, threshe'
IL 900 bushels of grain-1,1 65 of whicl
e was wheat the balance oats, from 20
acres-ffty acres Of which was sod.
I w. A. Caldwell, West Gallatin, ha
O 40 acres of Fife wheat that yielded 1862
n bushels, Is acres of Club wheat tina
|. yielded $50 bushels. 20 acres of sprin
sod oats that yielded HOO bushels and
acres of oats upon summer fallow this
yielded 1893 bushels; total acreage 81
t total Weld 4,S63 bushels.
Charles Francisco raised from h
d ranch three miles from Bozeman, 1O(
bushels of oats on 20 acres, and l0(
1t bushels of Fife wheat on 80 acres. NJ
Francisco has 14O acres of winter whe'
now in.
Rev. David Walker, Central Park, h
Or had wonderful success in growing veg
ID tables this year, he recently showed
Ne cabbage that weighed from fifteen
twenty pounds, tnrnips Fights to tweI'
ID pounds, potatoes, beets and radishes
proportion.
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